New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 24, 1918, Page 18

VIGOROUS HUNT FOR SPIES BACK IN ’7fi Wholesale Arrests oi Those Hav- ing Anti-American Sentiments In Revolutionary days the hunt for traitors was steady and relentle carly as 1776, the prov congre ppointed a committee deal with “intestine enemies” arrest- ed by the committeé of safety. Dur- ing the next few years one hody after another was appointed to run dowr conspiracie These moved place to place and with the armed force sought out and arrested *he enemies of the pcople. Their functions included /the right to seize papers and arrvest suspects, to ad- minister oatihs and take bonds, to im- prison all persons dangerous to the safety of the state, and to discharge from confinement ~others upon evi- dence of loyalty. At first lenient tried. Disaffected persons werl moved from the center of acti to distant farms and allowed to work these at a moderate rental. Because they were too’ close to the heart of things they were banished to isolat- ed places, as in this war aliens have been sent out of the Districts of Co- jurgbia and have been forbidden to e aid of measures were from } ordered NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, MAY 24 1018, important points. the board for de- nspiracies committee: sther act approuc h This oxtr {octing W from and defeatir C the method of the o Jun, of the Kast Camp in the County of Albany was permitted to be confined to the House of Jaumes Bingham on his en- tering into Bond not to exceed the Limits prescribed to him in the said Eond nor to hold any Correspondence with any disaffeccted Person and for the strict Performance thereof he Bail have bound themselves severally in the Sum of £1000. Punishment Severe. in many cases the punishment was more sov as in that of Seth Row- ley, ted for having been pres- cnt at the meeting of James Lister's and for being one of the chief pro- moters in having Sir Henry Clinton's (proclamation read there. The board that he be imprisoned. Leniency was found to be inffec- tual. On July 1780, a bill was passed by the New York legislature for the deporting of the families of the disaffected because they con- cealed emissaries from the enemy and “‘traffic in information. Nu- merous residents were sent into the British lines. Protests poured in about the star chamber methods of the commis sioners, but a joint committee from both houses of the New York legis- lature justified their powers. It sent an address to constituents showing that since concealed traitors scat- tered the seeds of disaffection and took advantage of “the credulity of the hone t was necessary to reach them by summary method arre | ed employed to run arrant for arrest most cases issued after were made by a reputable Another quotation from the Albany county bhoard— s that could be given— Rar down was in charges citizen. minutes of the one of hundrec examined him we have thought proper to bind him by Recognizance to make known all Treasonable Actions and Doings which may come to his Knowledge and to do his Duty as a g00d and faithful Subject to the State. “Evan Davis on Recognizance in shows on what slight ground the com- | acted: dtringer, Es informed the Board that he had received In- formation that Simeon Smith of Pits Town, Innkeeper, entertains disaffect- Persons; drinks King George’ health and spea espectfully of the Authority of this State. Resolved in Consequence of said Information that a warrant be made out directed to Lieutenant Jonathan Brown forth- with to apprehend and bring before as the said Simeon Smith.” Rodgers Obstreperous Talker. Another obstreperous talker was George Rodgers, whom a witness ac- sed of sz that the I‘ren(h Fleet was come to carry off the Damned Rebel Officer Washington, who was afraid he would be hanged, and the Rebel Congress; that the Whigs were all a set of scaun- drels and Rascals, and that he was persuaded the British Troops would in a fortnight’s time march through the City of Albany.” Mr. Rodgers had said too much. He was arrested and put into solitary con- finement, where no doubt his hot tem- per found time to cool. Even prominent citizens who whis- pered propaganda against the Amer- icans were disciplined. Witness the case of Evan Davis of the Manor of Renselaerwyck who— “was brought before the Board for propagating Reports Injurious and detrimental to the Stat ind having mittee “Samuel ATTENTION! Sick Women To do your duty durini times your health should These two women consideration. these trying e your first tell how they found health. Hellam, Pa.— T took Lydia E. Pinkham’s Veg- etable Compound for female troubles and a dis- placement. Ifelt all rundown and wasvery weak. 1 had been treated by a physician without results, 8o decided to give Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound a trial, and felt better right away. I am keeping house since last April and doing all my housework, where before I wasunable to do any work. Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vege- table Compound is cettamly the best medicine a woman can take when in thiscondftion. I give you permission to publish this letter.”—Mrs. E. R. CRuMLING, R. No. 1, Hellam, Pa. 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Make the home the center of your interest. benefit of it.for many years to come. \ Put your money there where all may get the Lend your money to your country—and what is left put into your home which is help- ing to make your .country’s future. COMPLETE HoME FURNISHERS 40-58 FORD STREET WARTFORD ABENTS FOR BLENWO0R RANGES OVERLOOKING CAPITOL GROUNDS an act of March 30, 1781, pro- vision was made to punish more ef- fectually adherents to the King. Tt enacted that anyone who preached, taught, spoke, wrote, or printed that the King of Great Britaln had do- minion in New York or who seduced the allegiance of anyone in the State was guilty of a felony without benefit of clergy, though the court could commute the sentence from deatn fo service for three years in the Navy of the United States It was sufficient that a man might make trouble. He could be impris- oned without any evidence that he had committed overt acts other than by word of mouth. “John XKelly, Philip Herrewig and others this day brought in and deliv- ered to the Board the following per- sons to wit, Emmerigh Plass, Michael Plass, John Dorn and John George Emmerigh as Persons disaffected to the Cause of America and whose g0~ ing at large might be dangerous to the State, together with the Arms of Emmerigh Plass, Michael Plass and John Dorn.” Round-up of Suspects. Thousands of suspects were called up by the hoards for detecting and defeating conspiracies, according to the records compiled by Paltsits, State historian of New York. Many of these were examined and dis- charged because the evidence did not show disloyalty. In case of any doubt the accused was made to give bond and often to report to the commis- sioners at set intervals, as boys now do to the juvenile court: A great many others were confined for a time and then released. We read under date of May 11, 1778: “Joseph Concklin of Newton was eliberated on entering into Recogni- zance for good Behaviour & Monthly Appearance. “Joseph Concklin on Recognizance in £100. “William Barton his Bail in £100.” In view of the question that has arisen during the present war about reprisals in the matter of treatment of prisoners, it is interesting to recall that in Revolutionary days the rigor of the treatment to adherents of King George was based upon that which was given to Whig prisoners by the enemy. Persons who refused to give infor- mation about spected traitors were themselves arrested and flung into prison. This applied to women as well as men. The pro-German propagandist has since the war began talked a great deal about freedom of speech. He charges that we are abandoning the standards set by our Revolutionary forefathe when we curtail a man’s right to voice publicly whatever he wants to say. Since the United States has always stood for free speech and a free press, many good citizens ]n\e been puzzled how to answer these sections. The facts are quite ‘While the colonies were independence Tories were not per- mitted “to preach whatever doctrine they liked, to consort with enemies of the people, or in general to show a spirit of disaffection. Disturbing and harmful parties were fined, deported, interned, im- prisonéd, and, in the case of spies, hanged. Our Revolutionary forefath- ers were very businesslike in their method of treating the disloyal. They went after them as a terrier does af- ter a rat. Real Freedom Never in this been freedom otherwise. fighting for of Specch. country has there of speech in the sense that 2 man could say what he wanted to without being responsible for his words. No freedom of that kind ever has existed anywhere in the world. A man could talk in Revolutionary j days, but if he said improper things he had to suffer the consequences. So it is in time of peace. All our laws on slander and libel are based on th principle. When an individual feels he is injured wrongly he can sue. The redress of the State, in case it deter- mines that the talker is a public ene- my, lies through a criminal action. The right of freedom of speech is hedged about with restrictions. But in war times the liberty of the individual has always been still fur- ther abridged. This is true because he is one of the group which makes up the Nation. To give aid and com- fort to the enemy injures every man in the State. Therefore society takes ay from the individual the power abuse freedom of speech and ac- tion. It suggests t he moderate | the expression of his views. If he a persistent offender it imprisons him. And if his offense runs to trea- son it may stand him with his back to a wall before a firing These powers spring from very nature of the social compact. They are born of the right to self-preservation. The problem of loyalty was per- haps a more pressing one in the days of George Washington than it is even in those of Woodrow Wilson. The colonists were mostly English in de- scent. Many of them had come over recently. Thousands held tenaciously for one reason hother to the old country. An odd fact is that in New York, which had largely been settled by the Dutch, the percentage of Tor- ies was greater than in Massachusetts or Virginia. Hundreds of Dutch names crop up among those accused of siding with the British. But the important point is that our ancestors would tolerate no divided allegiance. A man must be for his country to all outward seceming. If he showed any sign of dislovalty the heavy hand of the ldw fell upon him. plainly the liberty for which the Americans of '76 fought did not include a freedom to wreck the cause of the colonies. The common good came first. 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